Steven MacDonald
by Parker · 19 things on Twos
- Angel Investor
- Founder, MacDonald Ventures
- Investment Committee at Florida Funders
- Tampa, FL
- Big fan of Hard Thing about Hard Things book
- Looking for revolutionaries who strive for a better future
- More than investors, we embed ourselves at inception, partnering with inventors, challengers, adventurers to cultivate leaders
- Co-founded MamaBear and sold to Gram social
- Founded myMatrixx and sold to Express Scripts
- Thrill-Seeker, Disrupter, Angel
- Serial entrepreneur; a visionary who nurtures, mentors and invests in tech start-ups committed to creating a better world. With more than $400 million in exits in companies he founded, his rise to multi-million dollar success started with the founding of TechHealth in 1999 and myMatrixx, his pharmacy benefits firm, in 2001
- “There is one and only one person that makes something happen…that’s you…everything else you can delegate.”
- Unique and rebellious approach to investing and life were forged through a lifetime of following his gut, building his own community and never shying away from risk
- From school to business, adversity has been his greatest teacher and a tool he has expertly wielded in creating wildly successful businesses
- Humble beginnings as an orphan raised in a trailer park, learned to chase his curiosity, interests, intuition, and passions. This internal compass served him well as he developed advanced leadership skills in the Air National Guard, which he used to pay for college and in discovering a passion for technology, business, leadership and, ultimately, in founding his own companies
- 2020 Tampa Bay Tech ‘Community Dedication and Leadership Award’ Winner
- “Knowledge is power, but not without action. I think it’s my duty to help the next generation of phenomenal entrepreneurs break out and succeed.”
- Marathon runner, mountain climber, backcountry skier, spear-fisherman, kite-surfer, weight lifter, traveler, father, husband and now, angel investor
- Provides founders and entrepreneurs with decades of experience, limitless drive, financial investment, mentorship and community